interesting thread... i noticed by pismo battery showed a full charge after updating to panther... of about an hour (about half of what it used to be). i assumed my battery was dy…

I wear a jacket with fleece lining. I take it off when I get into my room and I *ALWAYS* get shocked when I first touch my PowerBooks. Is there anything that I can do to stop thi…

You'll be shocked either way. When you were fleece you end up building up a static charge, and it must be discharged someway or another. You can discharge it by touching a door h…

Spray your jacket with static guard. The spark might still be there, but not as bad.

Quote: I *ALWAYS* get shocked when I first touch my PowerBooks.[/b] Think of all the money you'll save on shock therapy.

That cant be good for the PB is it?

What if I get a humidifier? Would that decrease the static electricity due to the humidity in the air?

Quote: Originally posted by selowitch: Think of all the money you'll save on shock therapy. LOL

this has happened to me twice this winter... went to open my pb, a small shock, and... kernel panic! had to restart. now i just touch everything else first... (before going near …

I find that you can usually discharge yourself by touching one of the screws on a light switch. I usually do that, or just make sure that I touch my PC first. And yes, a humidif…

I had a fleece jacket once but I kept getting shocked too. I ditched the jacket. Meh!

A couple months ago, I got a 15 inch Powerbook. Perviously, I'd been using an old clamshell iBook. Anyway, I've noticed that, in my Powerbook's Airport menu, there's an option that…

I think what it does is improve the signal over any interference, but at the cost of the distance you can be from your base station.

As seen in Apple's Help Viewer (Cmd+? in finder). ------------------------------------------------------------ Minimizing interference in an AirPort network You may experience net…

Now there's a good first post.

Quote: Originally posted by C.J. Moof: Now there's a good first post. Wow, yes! Here, here...

I should've known to come here to find out. Had to google it. Defintitely helpful!

I just bought my first Mac, a 17" 1.33 powerbook from an Apple Store. When I bought it the Apple salesman said it is a revision B. How do I check the revision ? Are there any big d…

In this case, the Rev A 17" is 1 GHz and the Rev B is 1.33GHz, so you have a Rev B. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Quote: Originally posted by rprata: In this case, the Rev A 17" is 1 GHz and the Rev B is 1.33GHz, so you have a Rev B. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. For the o…

Normally, when there's a speed upgrade in the PB, it's consider another revision... the rev.A 17" PB was 1GHZ, the rev.B is 1.33GHZ. And also because if a new product has some pr…

My screen was perfect (except for a little ripple at the bottom which I understand why and accepts). But recently I notice the lower left started to be darker compare to the rest …

Yep. It comes and goes. It was good the past couple of days, but today it went back to being dim and uneven again. Like you, I need at least 4 bars to be able have the same brightn…

Thanks for you input, Rain. The uneven illumination is very annoying now, when I move a window around the screen I can actually see it's color changed. Just called Apple Support …

Just a follow up post to the topic. I got it into a Apple Service Provider in Hong Kong and they replace the LCD panel in six days (parts shipped from Singapore). They said it is…